THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 14 OCTOBER 1969

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005977037
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: October 14, 1969

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The President's Daily Brief
.14 October 1969
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
14 October 1969
. PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
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Husak reportedly goes to Moscow next Monday.
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The Portuguese military is pressing Prime Min-
ister Caetano to return to more rigid policies at
home and in Portuguese Africa. (Page 4)
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EAST GERMANY - WEST GERMANY
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SOVIET UNION
Recent satellite photography shows additional
SS-11 strategic missile silos under construction at
the Pervomaysk IRBM complex and the Derazhnya MRBM
complex in the western USSR. So far four ten-silo
groups have been identified under construction at
Pervomaysk, and three at Derazhnya. One of the
groups at Pervomaysk probably is operational, and
two at Derazhnya soon will be. The others will take
up to one year to complete.
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CZECHOSLOVAKIA
Husak will head a delegation of the country's
top leaders to Moscow next Monday for a one-week
Visit, according to a reliable source of the US Em-
bassy in Moscow. The high-level composition of the
group suggests that the talks will review what has
been accomplished toward "normalization" and what
needs to be done in the next few months.
The most pressing issues are factionalism
within the Czechoslovak party, the holding
of a party congress next year, the holding
of national elections, and a long-deterio-
rating economy.
Husak, challenged by the growing influence
of conservatives within his regime, will
seek and probably will get a more open and
direct endorsement of his Leadership. If
he succeeds, Czechoslovak leaders may also
request a large credit from the USSR and
more freedom to work out domestic problems
in their own way.
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PORTUGAL
Prime Minister Caetano's small modifications of
his government's hard-line policy in Africa and his
slight relaxation of tight control during the elec-
tion campaign this month have caused concern among
the military, _Our defense attache reports that Army
Chief of Staff Deslandes, speaking for the armed
forces, has warned President Thomaz that future gov-
ernment policy must include determination to hold
the African territories as an integral part of Portu-
gal, higher budget appropriations for military pay
and equipment, and a tight rein on student or oppo-
sition demonstrations.
The military means business, and Caetano
will have to defer, at Least temporarily,
his plans for gradual domestic autonomy
for Angola, Mozambique, and Portuguese
Guinea and his hope for better relations
with black Africa.
The Portuguese are likely again to seek
US backing for Lisbon's policy in Africa.
If Azores base negotiations, in abeyance
since the early 1960s, are reopened as
suggested by Lisbon, they will provide a
lever.
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